Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sign

8 senses of sign

Sense 1
sign, subscribe -- (mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here")
       => write -- (communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week")
          Phrasal Verb-> sign in#1; sign away#1; sign over#1

Sense 2
sign, ratify -- (approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?")
       => validate, formalize, formalise -- (declare or make legally valid)

Sense 3
sign -- (be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera")
       => contract, undertake -- (enter into a contractual arrangement)

Sense 4
sign, contract, sign on, sign up -- (engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season")
       => hire, engage, employ -- (engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?")

Sense 5
sign, signal, signalize, signalise -- (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")

Sense 6
sign -- (place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed")
       => put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")

Sense 7
sign -- (communicate in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")

Sense 8
bless, sign -- (make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate)
       => gesticulate, gesture, motion -- (show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave")

Antonyms of adj signed

2 senses of signed

Sense 1
signed (vs. unsigned) -- (having a handwritten signature; "a signed letter")

unsigned (vs. signed) -- (lacking a signature; "the message was typewritten and unsigned")

Sense 2
gestural, sign (prenominal), signed, sign-language (prenominal) -- (used of the language of the deaf)

INDIRECT (VIA communicative) -> uncommunicative, incommunicative -- (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)

Similarity of adj signed

2 senses of signed

Sense 1
signed (vs. unsigned) -- (having a handwritten signature; "a signed letter")
       => autographed -- (bearing an autograph; "an autographed copy of his latest book")
       => subscribed -- ((of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end; "the subscribed will")

Sense 2
gestural, sign (prenominal), signed, sign-language (prenominal) -- (used of the language of the deaf)
       => communicative (vs. uncommunicative), communicatory -- (able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray)